Welcome to Alternate Universes!

Now with three locations! Come in and play your favorite collectable card or miniatures game at our clean, well lit facilities! Plenty of table space available for open play every day. We sell & buy single cards for Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh! & Pokemon at all of our stores.

Alternate Universes is proud to announce that we will be hosting Yu-Gi-Oh! OTS Championship Tournaments at our Holmes and Wilmington stores on Saturday, March 10th! OTS Championships are a good way to earn invites to the next World Championship Qualifier, and earn some UDS points while you’re at it! Booster pack prizes will also be awarded based on attendance!

Format:
All Yu-Gi-Oh! OTS Championship events are Tier 2, Advanced Constructed tournaments with Swiss Rounds and Top 8 Playoffs. The number of Swiss rounds played will depend on the overall number of participants. Prizes will be awarded at the end of the final playoff round.

Decklists are required for this event.Duelists can download the official KDE Deck List at http://www.yugioh-card.com/en/events/forms/KDE_DeckList.pdfThis is an editable PDF, so you will be able to type the card names into this form, which should help as your decklist needs to be legible and complete – write the name of each card in full, and write down how many copies you have in your deck. Make sure your name and COSSY ID are on your decklist. If you do not have a COSSY ID, they will be available on the day of the event. Make sure your decklist exactly matches your deck. Duelists are encouraged to complete their decklist before arriving at the tournament!

PRIZES:

First place will receive an exclusive Yu-Gi-Oh! OTS Championship Game Mat, an invite to the next World Championship Qualifier, and 15 UDS Points (10 for the invite, 5 for accurately completing the WCQ Invite Form)

Top 4 Duelists, after the conclusion of the Top 8 Playoffs, will each receive an invite to the next World Championship Qualifier and 15 UDS Points (10 for the invite, 5 for accurately completing the WCQ Invite Form)

Additional booster pack prizes will be awarded to Top 8 based on attendance!

Pokemon TCG League Cup – Saturday, March 10th at AU Blue Bell

Alternate Universes is hosting its next Pokemon League Cup on Saturday, March 10th at AU Blue Bell!

Pokémon TCG League Cup tournaments are smaller events that give players an opportunity to earn Championship Points and practice their skills for larger competitions. Pokémon TCG League Cup events are held throughout the year.

*Please do not park directly in front of any other store in the shopping center that is open. Additional parking is available behind the stores and on Penn Square Road. Your cooperation will allow us to continue to run these events at this location.*

Registration begins: 10 AMTournament start time: 11 AM

Format: Standard

Entry Fee: $15 Masters, $10 Juniors and SeniorsThis event will be limited to the first 64 players total

Decklists are required as part of registration for this event and will be available in-store the day of.

PRIZES
All players will receive 2 Play! Points for entering.
The first 50 registrants will receive the League Cup promo card.Booster packs and Championship Points will also be awarded to top finishers in each division, based on division attendance!

The Inn at Swarthmore
10 S Chester Rd
Swarthmore, PA 19081

March 10th – 11th, 2018 at 8:00am – 9:00pm EST

At The Door:
$25 Main Event
$15 with Student ID
$90 for 4 person teams
FREE General Admission

This is a gaming event fundraiser for the mother and wife of the Tobin family, who has been diagnosed with a severe form of cancer. 50% of the event profits will be donated to her and her family. The main event is Commander tournament, with Side Events for Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokemon, Vanguard, Commander Variants, Final Fantasy TCG, Dragon Ball Super, and board games. Alternate Universes will be among other stores in attendance as table vendors.

Each player who enters gets 1 set of Ultra-Pro MTG art sleeves, 1 Ultra-Pro deck box, and 1 Raffle Ticket! There will be food and drink on-site, plus your ticket allows you to participate in all silent auctions!

5 rounds, 90 mins each, 15 mins between rounds. 1st Pod will be randomly created & consist of 4 players. After Round 1, pods will be determined by total points earned in all rounds. Top 8 is determined in round 5. Round 6 will be the top 4 points players. BRING DECK LIST Saturday. No Proxies Allowed

The main event is an EDH Tournament using 4 player pods. Each player will get to play in 5 rounds, each round lasting 90 minutes. You will have 5 minutes to prep boards and then the pod will have 70 minutes to play before sudden death. At 70 minutes, a 15 minute game timer will start. At this point all rules are the same except regardless of life totals, the game will end after 15 minutes. Once finished, points will be totaled for each player and new pods will be created using the points earned from each round. Pods will be created in sequential order from most points to least, still in pods of 4 players. After Round 5, the Top 8 will be determined and rewards will be given out. The final round will feature the top 4 players from the day. Prior to Round 6, those in the round will have time to sideboard in any new cards to your deck. Once the round concludes, prizes will be awarded. It is suggested that each player review the points system prior to the event and build your decks accordingly. Victory is BASED ON POINTS NOT NECESSARILY POSITION

Sideboarding Rules:

1) 15 card sideboard
2) Must be part of Deck List
3) Will be checked on arrival and prior to Round 6
4) Commander Cannot be changed out
5) Sideboarding occurs prior to Round 6 for Top 4 players

Rivals of Ixalan Standard Showdown – Every Week January 28th to March 31st!

Alternate Universes is holding Rivals of Ixalan Standard Showdown tournaments at all of our stores! Standard Showdown events are Standard Format tournaments in which players can win Standard Showdown: Rivals of IxalanBooster Packs! They also have a Planeswalker Points multiplier of 2x.

We’ll be holding a Standard Showdown tournament at each store every week, beginning the week of January 28th and ending the week of March 31st! That’s nine weeks of Standard Showdown tournaments! We will have a number of Standard Showdown Booster Packs to give away as prizes at each tournament.